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Hi there. My CSM log is up in the blogs forum with lots of piccies.

Essentially, I am making a CSM list based on wordbearer colours (purely because I like scrollwork + the fact they corrupted Horus muhahahha)

My next unit is a set of 10 of the new FW berserker models. I bought a load of sets so they are pretty much all running/leaping whatever.

I am undecided about what colour to go for. My problem is I dont want them (or their rhino and landraider) to look to similar to the generic word bearer CSM.

Someone suggested i should do them all crimson so my army troops would be:

Word BEarers: Crimson/bone
Deathguard: Bone
Berserkers: Crimson

Which, whilst making sense, does not really "do" it for me. I am looking for any possible suggestions that people think would look good. If people have linkies to pix, that would be even better; I have trawled CMON but maybe I missed something.

I dont really want to go classic blood red all over as I have some of these already

Some of my ideas are:
Dark Grey body with red helmets brass trim
Crimson body with bone (or dark grey) helmet - Brass trim (worried that this would look too much like word bearer - particularly the rhino/land raider)
Bone bodies with Crimson helmets

If anyone has any pics of berserkers in these chemes, even better! Also, any other schemes people have seen work, however weird, please say.

I will paint some basic berserkers up to test the sceme.

Thanks in advance

Well zerkers that they are, Id go for aggressive colors and iconography, red is nice, red and brass however is on the original WE zerkers, so perhaps something like blood red/black or maybe something like bone helmets, with dark metallic trim and red armor, or you can try go like the abadon ones with black, and gold trim but with red helmets/shoulder pads. Try mathing up colors/hues to fit together to make agressive schemes marking, never hurts to practice on dummy models/parts. Personally Id go for Dark grey and gold like you mentioned with all kinds of iconography on the flat bits of armor, I'd do it free hand though : > transfers are a no-no for me. Well GL with whwatever you choose to go with!

Bone bodies with Crimson helmets, definitly sounds best, have you tried a few different color schemes out on any models just as a rough draft sorta thing????